Door Ajar light
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Door Ajar light
So I cannot get my door ajar light to turn off. I know it's the passenger side switch. The switch seems okay and if I push it in with my thumb, it goes off. I have tried turning it out a little but it still stays on when it's closed. What gives? I am wondering if it's the wrong one or it's too short or something. It looks like the correct one however.
Anyone have any suggestions?
Anyone have any suggestions?
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I had this problem with my driver's door switch; turned out to be a partially disconnected wire. I removed the switch, fished the two wires through the opening in the door frame, secured the wire terminals, and reseated the switch so it would travel to 'disconnect' when the door is closed.
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I do not. I did realize that it looks like there are two words that are supposed to go to the switch. There is only one wire. I can see another one in there but I'm not sure it's for that. I tried fishing it out but that's not an easy task.
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My understanding
As stated before, the switch is a contact for the ground wire to that Door Open light bulb. Compressed (door closed) and the contact/circuit is open (no ground, no light). Extended (door open) and the contact/circuit closes (ground complete, light ON).
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When I worked on my right door switch, I noted 2 wires on it. The switch is mounted in fiberglass, so there must be 2 wires to it.
As stated before, the switch is a contact for the ground wire to that Door Open light bulb. Compressed (door closed) and the contact/circuit is open (no ground, no light). Extended (door open) and the contact/circuit closes (ground complete, light ON).
As stated before, the switch is a contact for the ground wire to that Door Open light bulb. Compressed (door closed) and the contact/circuit is open (no ground, no light). Extended (door open) and the contact/circuit closes (ground complete, light ON).
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I believed we were talking about the door switch on the hinge, or forward, bulkhead. Then I read later were you can remove a rear fender well panel to access..........
Steve
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The pin switches at the front of the door are for courtesy lights and the pin switches at the rear of the door are for the door ajar lights. On my '74 the front and rear pin switches are different lengths so they are not interchangeable even though they look the same other than the length.
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door adjar light
My drivers door adjar light flickers on and off when driving the car. I ordered a new switch but didnt know how to put it in because I was afraid if I pulled out on the old switch the wires would come off inside the door pannel. Thanks to this post I now know to remove the pannel in the tire well to get to it to replace the switch. Thanks.
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A quick and easy 'bubba' fix would be to place a rubber vacuum port plug over the end of the switch like a condom. It adds the extra length to make up for the missing pad and looks normal to the non-vette experts.
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Well I managed to get that panel off and got the white wire. I have both hooked up. Now however the courtesy lights and the door ajar lights won't go off. How annoying! Now i don't want to drive the car because I don't want the battery to run dead. DO these switch either work or they don't? Is there something else I can check? It has to be something with this switch though. The courtesy light at least went off before. I noticed there is a green wire in there too. Does anyone know what that goes to? I can't wait for my manual to get here.
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door adjar light
I tryed putting a small rubber cap on top of the switch post and then the light would not go off at all. I then tryed taking that rubber cap back off and putting a sticky small bump thing on the door where the switch hits when you close the door and the light still stayed on. seems like empeg9000 and I have the same problem.
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I tryed putting a small rubber cap on top of the switch post and then the light would not go off at all. I then tryed taking that rubber cap back off and putting a sticky small bump thing on the door where the switch hits when you close the door and the light still stayed on. seems like empeg9000 and I have the same problem.
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So Capkunu you got me going in the right direction. Thanks a bunch. Thanks to everyone else for chiming in too.